Ugly Betty Tomato Sauce
An easy way to use up all the damaged tomatoes from your garden in a sauce full of deep tomato flavor!
Equipment
- Blender
Ingredients
- 6 cups tomatoes, roughly chopped
- 4-5 cloves garlic
- 2-3 tbsp olive oil
- 1/4 cup basil, chopped
- 2-3 tbsp parmesan cheese
- 1/4 cup red wine
- 3 tbsp heavy cream or half-n-half
Instructions
- Chop the tomatoes and the peel and chop the garlic
- heat the olive oil in a skillet and saute the garlic for 2 minutes (don't burn it!)
- Add all the tomatoes, the chopped basil the salt and the wine and cook on medium high heat for 30 minutes
- cover and simmer for an hour (I let it cook all day, stirring occasionally which is really just and excuse to smell it)
- raise the heat and remove the lid to allow some of the liquid to cook off
- transfer most of the sauce to a blender and blend until smooth
- return sauce to the pan
- before serving, turn off heat and stir in the parmesan cheese and cream